# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)

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**Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\
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> [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9996):
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> This is incredibly tone deaf - it misses that corporate bigwigs merging/buying out companies in order to downsize them are already a trope for _the bad guys_ in movies.

Also when the bigwigs throw all of their workers out on the street they at least pretend to be sorry about it, rather than holding rallies celebrating the suffering of those they laid off. Yes, I know, the cruelty is the point.

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